On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Paul Isambert <zappathus...@free.fr> wrote: > Selon "Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)" <p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk>: > >> >> >> Peter Davis wrote: >> > 2. True or False: plain TeX and LaTeX(2e) are warhorses ... been >> > around for decades, quirks well known, lots of documentation, etc. >> >> Yes, except that while Plain TeX has more-or-less remained >> static (modulo essential bug fixes by Don), LaTeX2e has >> continued to evolve. I have heard rumours that this particular >> evolutionary branch may have come to an end, but I have >> no definite knowledge of this. > > And plain TeX doesn't have a lot of documentation. Anyway there isn't much to > document. Basically using plain TeX means you need a very good knowledge of > the > engine, and you'll write tons of macros (in a way there are no plain TeX > users, > only users of personal formats based on plain). I consider eplain as something "useful" between plain and latex
We should also consider that, in general, 0<size(plain)<size(eplain)<size(latex)<size(context_mkii) and speed(context_mkii)<=speed(latex)<speed(eplain)<speed(plain) So for "trivial" typographic problems as automatic typesetting of labels maybe eplain can be the right choice -- it's fast and doesn't consume much memory hence you can have many instances. ConTeXt mkiv is something new: while it's still "TeX", it has so many "practical" news that it needs time to understand all implications. Also the engine (luatex) is still unfinished (currently at 64%) and mkiv evolves as luatex evelves --- i.e. it's still "unstable" of one compares with mkii. -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
